No Beer Ads, No Jobs…No Problem?

Summary: The Health Minister in South Africa wants to ban advertisers from promoting alcoholic beverages and products. The minister, Aaron Motsoaledi, expressed that a “complete and total ban” would be necessary for the country to get back on track to gain control of the substance-related abuses that are occurring. And of course, the market goes wild. A marketing analyst in the article said that those actions could result in a loss of R2,6 billion to the nation, which is about $378.9 million in U.S. currency. But why attack advertising?

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